The UN Headquarters: A Nest of Spies and Espionage
From our special correspondent in New York, Helicopters hovering at low altitude, even circulating halfway up buildings, Coast Guard boats running along the East River, thousands of NYPD police officers but also soldiers from the United States Marshals Service (USMS), snipers on the roofs, American intelligence men, dozens of streets around First Avenue blocked off… […]
Cuban Minister of Health Stresses Need for Universal Health Coverage
When speaking at the high-level meeting on the subject, the Cuban Minister of Health, José Ángel Portal, stated that his country’s commitment is to help the nations that need it most in this noble purpose. The head expressed that achieving health coverage for all continues to be a utopia in many parts of the world. […]
The UN Secretary General Convenes Ambitious Countries for Landmark Climate Summit
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The Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, brings together, this Wednesday, September 20 in New York, on the sidelines of the Annual General Assembly of the United Nations, the most ambitious countries in the fight against global warming for a summit aimed at filling the immense gap between the severity of the climate crisis […]
The UN Secretary General Warns of the ‘Gates of Hell’: Urgent Action Needed on Climate Crisis
Text size The climate crisis caused by human activity has opened the “gates of hell”, the UN Secretary General warned this Wednesday at the opening of the Climate Ambition Summit, in which he warned that if there are no changes we are heading towards ” dangerous and unstable world. Droughts, floods, suffocating temperatures, historic fires, […]
Massive Climate Change Protest in New York Demands Action Ahead of UNGA
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated on Sunday September 17 in the streets of New Yorkcalling for more action against climate change, two days before the official opening of the United Nations General Assembly. Demonstrators from some 700 organizations and activist groups gathered in New York, holding signs that read, among other things, “Biden, end […]
Tripartite Meeting of the United Nations, African Union, and European Union: Addressing Shared Challenges and Maintaining Influence in the Face of China
If the officials of the three institutions work together almost daily, their leaders have not sat around the same table for four years: Antonio Guterres for l’HIMthe President of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the Commissioner for Peace and Security Bankole Adeoye and for the EU, the President of the European Commission, Charles […]
Traffic Jam Alert Days Announced for United Nations General Assembly in NYC until 2023
NEW YORK — Ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, which is expected to be the largest gathering of its kind in nearly a decade, the New York City Department of Transportation released its list of traffic jam alert days. until the end of 2023. The NYPD will turn much of Manhattan into controlled zones, […]
British Endurance Swimmer Completes 500 km Swim in Hudson River to Raise Awareness of Water Pollution
A British endurance swimmer and “UN godfather of the oceans” completed a 500 km swim in the Hudson River in New York on Wednesday to raise awareness about water pollution, a few days before the United Nations General Assembly. “Fifty years ago, this was one of the most polluted rivers on the planet,” said Lewis […]
Call for Boycott: Israeli Figures Demand US Boycott Benjamin Netanyahu’s Visit
Before the announcement made this Sunday, Israeli figures asked the United States to boycott Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit. Among the signatories of this petition we find, in particular, the writer David Grossman but also artists, a choreographer, painters, professors of medicine and numerous academics, reports our correspondent in Jerusalem, Michael Paul. In all, more than 3,500 […]
Despite the political prisoners, Cuba applies again to the UN Human Rights Council
The main lobby of the United Nations headquarters in New York hosts from this Tuesday an exhibition with a disturbing title: Cuba, a sustained commitment to all human rights for all. paintings of the Cuban visual artist Yosvany Martínez alternate with works by other photographers from the Island in an exhibition organized to promote Cuba’s […]